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Every week Bill Finley reviews the top 3-year-olds with Kentucky
Derby aspirations and breaks down their chances for success on the first
Saturday in May. Numbers included in a horse's last start column indicate
finish position and margin.
| Leading
Kentucky Derby Candidates |
| Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Last
Start |
Comments |
Odds |
| Point Given |
Stevens |
Baffert |
SA Derby 1st
(5 1/2) |
How can you knock
him? |
8-5 |
| Congaree |
Espinoza |
Baffert |
Wood Mem. 1st (2 3/4) |
Inexperience a problem. |
4-1 |
| Millennium Wind |
Pincay Jr. |
Hofmans |
Blue Grass 1st (5 1/4) |
Welcome back Pincay. |
5-1 |
| Balto Star |
Guidry |
Pletcher |
Ark. Derby 1st (4 1/2) |
Can he wire field? |
6-1 |
| Monarchos |
Chavez |
Ward, Jr. |
Wood Mem. 2nd (2 3/4) |
Flat race in Wood? |
12-1 |
| Dollar Bill |
Day |
Stewart |
Blue Grass 3rd
(7) |
Didn't like last
race. |
20-1 |
| Express Tour |
Flores |
Bin Suroor |
UAE Derby 1st (no) |
Godolphin's only hope. |
20-1 |
| Songandaprayer |
Prado |
Dowd |
Blue Grass 2nd (5 1/4) |
2nd best in Blue Grass. |
25-1 |
| A P Valentine |
Nakatani |
Zito |
Blue Grass 5th (13) |
Shown little this year. |
25-1 |
| Thunder Blitz |
Prado |
Orseno |
Flamingo 1st (6 3/4) |
Must improve. |
35-1 |
| Invisible Ink |
Velazquez |
Pletcher |
Blue Grass 4th (8 1/2) |
Never fired in last run. |
35-1 |
| Fifty Stars |
D. Meche |
Asmussen |
Lone Star Derby 2nd (2) |
Needs fast pace. |
50-1 |
| Keats |
Melancon |
O'Callaghan |
Lexington 1st (3/4) |
Will be pace factor. |
60-1 |
| Jamaican Rum |
Delahoussaye |
Cassidy |
Ark. Derby 2nd (4 1/2) |
Needs miracle. |
60-1 |
| Gift of the Eagle |
Smith |
McPeak |
LS Derby 3rd (2 3/4) |
Tries Derby Trial first. |
100-1 |
| Talk Is Money |
Bailey |
Scanlan |
Tesio 2nd (1 1/4) |
Will get hot and dirty. |
100-1 |
| Tincin |
Morgan |
LaRue |
TP Maiden 11th (30 3/4) |
You got to be kidding. |
200-1 |
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